he had spent all morning preparing the mealprepare your speech in advancenever prepare food directly on kitchen work surfacesI was preparing breakfast when my little girl came into the roomtwo technicians were preparing a videotape recording of last week's programmeshe made her way to the kitchen, hoping to find someone preparing dinneron average each report requires 1,000 hours to preparethe government is already preparing a strategy to deal with the huge influx of refugeesprosecutors are preparing their case against a woman charged with kidnapping a babythe case was adjourned to give the accused more time to prepare a defense

to prepare sb for sthpreparar a algn para algo

he had a tutor to prepare him for the examtenía un profesor particular para que lo preparara para el examen;nothing could have prepared me for thisnada hubiera podido ponerme en guardia contra esto;she tried to prepare her children for her deathintentó preparar a sus hijos para su muerte or para que aceptaran su muerte

the children have been well prepared for their father's deathhe returned to prepare the team for Tuesday's game with Swanseamanouevres to help prepare the troops for battleto prepare sb for bad news

to prepare a surprise for sbshe decided to prepare him his favourite dishthe crew of the Iowa has been preparing the ship for storage

to prepare the ground or way (for sth/sb)preparar el terreno (para algo/algn)

the president is preparing the way for a successorto prepare the way for an agreementthe meeting, he said, would prepare the way for a just and durable peace in the Middle Eastthe militant man of words who prepares the ground for the rise of a mass movement

intransitive verb

prepararse

other people cope when they have a baby - so can you if you prepare properly

to prepare for sthprepararse para algo

to prepare for an examinationprepararse para un examen

I had only a few days to prepare for the roleto prepare for sb's arrivalto prepare for a stormthe guests prepared for their departurehe told the deputies that they needed to prepare for new elections for the Supreme Sovieto help you prepare for your meeting, plan what to say beforehand using the form belowhe ordered the troops to prepare for actionAmy was preparing for bed when she heard themhe urged his people to prepare for war

we must prepare for wartenemos que prepararnos para la guerra

building up your leisure activities is a good way to prepare for retirement

"there's been an accident - I think you'd better prepare for the worst"a hurricane warning has been issued and residents are preparing for the worst

to prepare to do sthprepararse para hacer algo

I jumped up and prepared to defend myselfhe had to go back to his hotel and prepare to catch a train for New Yorkto prepare for the worstas the state enters its fifth year of drought, industry is preparing for the worst

Conjugations

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